Quotes About Leadership

If you're asked, you've got to serve - put aside any reservations based on campaign rhetoric... and figure out what's best for the country.

If you've had the No. 1 job, why would you go back and be reserve manager? Is Alex Ferguson going to be reserve manager for Manchester United? It's like a boxer going into the ring with one arm behind his back. Why would you do it? You're going to get knocked out.

When I joined the U.S. Army Reserve in 1992, there were no female four-star generals. I still remember the day in 2008 when a woman first achieved that rank.

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few.

In the past, Federal Reserve chairmen have not generally gone directly to the public.

The Fed's policy choices can always be debated, but the quality and commitment of the Federal Reserve as a public institution is second to none, and I am proud to lead it.

Alan Greenspan is going to go down in history as one of the worst Federal Reserve chairmen ever.

I got a call from a group saying they'd like to have a roundtable with the reserve next door, and would I help to set it up. I said, 'Sure, what's the name of the chief?' I asked, 'Do you know any members of the band council?' They didn't.

Around the time Andre Villas-Boas became manager I went to a summer training camp in America. But when I got back, to my horror, I found that all my kit had been moved into the reserve team changing room. I was told I wasn't allowed in the first team dressing room anymore.

The greatest rewards of Jerry Ford's time were reserved for his fellow Americans and the nation he loved.

Breaking through glass ceilings isn't reserved for liberals.

I think most people thought that because I am quite reserved and private, I wouldn't make a good captain.

History suggests that the opportunity to run again for the presidency four years after losing is reserved for those who exceeded expectations their first time out - not for the John Connallys of politics.

I've met people of great faith. I sat in the home of Billy Graham and in the residence of Cardinal Dolan and prayed with these men of God.

I not only have to take care of each and every one of the residents of the city of Miami, but I also have to think about all the cities in America and how do we create prosperity for all those cities.

As Public Advocate for the City of New York, I have a duty to speak truth to power and do what is best for our City and its residents.

Women have not yet realized the cowardice that resides, for if they should decide to do so, they would be able to fight you until death; and to prove that I speak the truth, amongst so many women, I will be the first to act, setting an example for them to follow.

In a democracy, when you get 20 million people in the street, you resign.

I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France.

For the president to resign now would be wrong. President Clinton may have debased himself with his behavior, but we shouldn't debase the office with an impulsive overreaction.

I want to tell the world of cycling to please join me in telling Pat McQuaid to resign. I have never seen such an abuse of power in cycling's history - resign, Pat, if you love cycling. Resign even if you hate the sport.

I want the government to resign and an emergency government to be proclaimed, preferably made up of women. They can't do worse than men.

The impossibility of a retreat makes no difference in the situation of men resolved to conquer or die; and, believe me, my friends, if your conquest could be bought with the blood of your general, he would most cheerfully resign a life which he has long devoted to his country.

Killing Intel, I, I just had to resign from the Apple Board.